I am deeply concerned about the situation of those dogs that are taken home by owners who only think it lucky to have a puppies in the Year of the Dog and make a quick decision at the market.

Reasons for giving up the animals are various including moving home, not wanting the pets to distract the kids' study or simply because the dogs were too old or owners had no more patience for raising pets.

We have received a dog with serious eye problems and a skin disease in hopeless stage. The person who brought it here demanded we cure it for free and refused the idea of euthanasia to end its pain.

However, some just refused to acknowledge their ownership of the pets when bringing them here and few of them pay the money.

China is deeply concerned about the confrontation. We hope that both sides will exercise restraint and not exacerbate the situation.

A dog can express more with his tail in minutes than an owner can express with his tongue in hours.